Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador | Health authority | Website, social media | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | NS | NS |
IWK Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia | Hospital | Website | 1 | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Screened | NS |
CHU de Québec–Université Laval, Québec City, Quebec | Hospital | Website | 1 | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | NS | NS |
CIUSSS de l’Estrie–CHU Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec | Health authority | Website | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed | NS |
Montreal Children’s Hospital; Montréal, Quebec | Hospital | Website | 2 (strict) | NS | Unnecessary | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | NS | NS |
CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Quebec | Hospital | Website | 2 (strict) | NS | Unnecessary | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Not allowed | NS |
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario | Hospital | Original policy, website | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Screened | NS |
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario | Hospital | Website | 2 (strict) | NS | Restricted times or frequencies | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Screened | NS |
The Hospital for Sick Children, cardiac, Toronto, Ontario | Hospital | Website | 1 | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Screened | NS |
The Hospital for Sick Children, medical–surgical, Toronto, Ontario | Hospital | Website | 1 | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Screened | NS |
McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario | Hospital | Website | NS | 1 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Children’s Hospital–London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario | Hospital | News release | 1 | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Not allowed | NS |
Children’s Hospital–Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Hospital | Website | 1 | NS | NS | At manager’s discretion | NS | NS | NS |
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Health authority | Original policy, website, news release, poster | 1 | 1 | Not allowed | Not allowed or only at end of life | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed to leave PICU room |
Stollery Children’s Hospital, cardiac, Edmonton, Alberta | Health authority | Original policy, website | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Not allowed | NS |
Stollery Children’s Hospital, medical–surgical, Edmonton, Alberta | Health authority | Original policy, website | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Not allowed | NS |
Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta | Health authority | Original policy, website | NS | NS | NS | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Not allowed | NS |
BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia | Hospital | Website | 2 (strict) | NS | Unnecessary | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Screened | NS |
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia | Health authority | Website | 1 | 1 | Restricted times or frequencies | Not allowed or only at end of life | NS | Not allowed | NS |
No. not specified (%) | – | – | 7 (37) | 16 (84) | 13 (68) | 2 (11) | 9 (47) | 5 (26) | 18 (95) |